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Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah

Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah

9.9
A Palestinian armed group formed in 1977 that carried out attacks across the Lebanese border
  • proper noun
  • Literature
translation icon : Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah
  • The group Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah was formed in 1977.

Examples

  • Intelligence reports linked the Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah to several attacks across the Lebanese border in the 1980s.

  • The Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah emerged as a separate entity after breaking away from a larger Palestinian organization.

  • Some historians discuss the role that Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah played in shifting alliances within Palestinian politics.

  • Many conflicts have involved Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah over the years.

  • In the late 1970s, the Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah was responsible for numerous militant operations against Israeli targets.

  • The Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah has often been described as an influential group within the Palestinian resistance movement.

  • During the war, the Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah conducted cross-border raids that heightened tensions between Lebanon and Israel.

Synonyms

PLF
vsJabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah
1 9.9

A Palestinian armed group formed in 1977 after a split from another group

is the full name rather than its shortened form
Palestine Liberation Front
vsJabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah
9.0

An armed Palestinian group formed in 1977 that attacked Israel

gives later detail of aligning with a larger faction and cross border attacks

Surface Forms

Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah main

Morphology

Jabat + al-Tahrir + al-Filistiniyyah

Although the phrase is a transliterated Arabic proper name, its parts correspond to 'front' (Jabat/jabhat), 'al-Tahrir' ('the liberation') and 'al-Filistiniyyah' ('the Palestinian'). A learner who knows the constituent meanings can directly infer it denotes a Palestinian liberation/front organization (an 'X Liberation Front' pattern), so the meaning is transparently compositional.

Etymology

Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah breaks into Jabat meaning 'front', al-Tahrir meaning 'liberation', and al-Filistiniyyah meaning 'Palestinian'. Imagine a 'front' as a line of people standing to fight to free their land, so the name shows it was a group formed to fight for Palestinian freedom.